BREW YORK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09607690 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£579.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 55100Hotels and similar accommodation
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £579,591
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£239k
↓ 8.6% YoY
Net Worth
£580k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 9.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£229k£457k£686k£914k£1.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.12M£1.46M
Current assets£1.14M£1.05M
Cash£238.7k£261.1k
Debtors£516.5k£385.6k
Net assets£579.6k£519.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-10-13
    ➕
    HODGSON, Geoffrey Mark appointed
    director
  4. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-08-19
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2020-08-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2020-07-23
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2020-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-07-01
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2020-07-01
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  15. 2020-01-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-03-21
    ➕
    GRABHAM, Lee David appointed
    director
  19. 2015-05-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BREW YORK LIMITED
  20. 2015-05-26
    ➕
    SMITH, Wayne Steven appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Wayne Steven Smith
Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Lee David Grabham
Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-05-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Unit 1 Handley Park
Osbaldwick Industrial Estate
York
North Yorkshire
YO19 5UP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-09
Last: 2026-05-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GRABHAM, Lee David→
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-03-21
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Active
HODGSON, Geoffrey Mark→
director · ~65y · appointed 2025-10-13
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Active
SMITH, Wayne Steven→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-05-26
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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-08-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-08-19